PSC/PR/COMM.1 (CCCIII)
COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 303 MEETING OF THE PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL
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The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 303rd meeting held
on 8 December 2011, adopted the following decision on the situation in the Republic of
Madagascar:
Council,
1.
Takes note of the report by Mr Marius Fransman, Deputy Minister of International
Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Chairperson of the Ministerial
Committee of the Organ of the Troika of the Southern African Development Community
(SADC) and Special Envoy of President Jacob Zuma on Madagascar, as well as the statements
made by the representatives of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
(COMESA), the Indian Ocean Commission (COI), the European Union (EU), the International
Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) and the United Nations;
2.
Recalls its earlier decisions and communiqués on the situation in Madagascar, as
well as paragraph 5 of decision Assembly/AU/Dec.369(XVII) on the report of the Peace and
Security Council on its activities and the state of peace and security in Africa, adopted by the
17th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, from
30 June to 1 July 2011, commending SADC for its efforts to facilitate the return to
constitutional order in Madagascar and calling on SADC and the AU to continue to work
together to find a consensual and sustainable solution to the crisis;
3.
Takes note with satisfaction of the significant progress made in the national
reconciliation and exit crisis processes, in particular the signing, in Antananarivo, on 16
September 2011, of the "Roadmap for Ending the Crisis in Madagascar", followed, on 14
October 2011, by that of the Framework for Implementation of the Roadmap, as well as the
appointment of a consensual Prime Minister, in the person of Mr. Jean Omer Beriziky, and
the formation of a Government of National Union, the establishment of the Transition
Congress and the High Council of the Transition;
4. Commends the Malagasy stakeholders for the high sense of responsibility and spirit of
compromise they have demonstrated that made the above‐mentioned achievements
possible, and requests them to scrupulously implement the commitments made, including
the establishment of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in a spirit of
consensus and inclusiveness, and the preparation and organisation of free, transparent and
credible elections that would crown the Transition;
5.
Further commends SADC for its tireless efforts to facilitate the return to
constitutional order in Madagascar, on the basis of the Roadmap, and reiterates its
appreciation to the SADC Mediator, former President of the Republic of Mozambique